Table 1 Summary statistics of variables included in regressions
From: Urbanization, economic development and health: evidence from China’s labor-force dynamic survey
Dependent variables | |
Self-rated health (%) | Proportion/Mean (SD) |
Very poor | 1.01 |
Poor | 9.59 |
Fair | 25.68 |
Good | 41.92 |
Very good | 21.80 |
Independent variables (prefecture-level variables) | |
Urbanization rate in 2014 (%) | 56.23 (18.10) |
GDP per capita in 2014 (10,000 yuan) | 5.55 (3.18) |
The change of urbanization rate from 2010 to 2014 (%) | 4.28 (2.75) |
The population size (million people) | 6.20 (4.69) |
Control variables (demographic and socioeconomic variables) | |
Age | 44.57 (12.67) |
Gender (%) | |
Female | 44.03 |
Male | 55.97 |
Marital status (%) | |
Single, divorced, or widowed | 12.98 |
Married | 87.02 |
Education (%) | |
Primary school and below | 35.22 |
Junior high school | 33.47 |
Senior high school | 16.47 |
College and above | 14.84 |
Employment (%) | |
Unemployed | 6.19 |
Employed | 93.81 |
Annual personal income (Yuan) | 32,729.64 (85,361.41) |
Hukou status (%) | |
Non-local hukou | 18.59 |
Local hukou | 81.41 |
Length of residence in the city (year) | 39.70 (17.20) |
Neighborhood (%) | |
Urban neighborhood | 35.74 |
Rural neighborhood | 64.26 |
Smoking (%) | |
Smoker | 29.87 |
Former smoker | 3.56 |
Nonsmoker | 66.57 |
Physical exercise (%) | |
Frequent | 18.38 |
Infrequent | 81.62 |